Parks Canada has issued a grizzly bear warning for popular hiking and camping areas in Banff National Park near the Alberta-B.C. border, after a bear with a history of encounters with visitors was reported frequenting the region.
The federal agency issued the warning for the park areas of Arnica Lake, Vista Lake, Twin Lakes, Gibbon Pass, and Shadow Lake, as well as all trails in the region including campgrounds Re6, Re14, Re16, Re21 and Tw7, according to a Sept. 29 bulletin. The warning concerns an adult grizzly bear with a lower jaw deformity from a past injury, which Parks Canada says visitors should be on the lookout for.
